• Dr. Suvarna Sapkale
• Pavan Vijayrao Chopade
• Dr. Amit Jaiswal
• Dr. Rachana Ramteke

Background: In even healthy elderly oxygen saturation significantly reduces due to normal ageing changes including reduced elastic recoil property of lung, reduced inspiratory capacity of thorax, decreased compliance of chest wall & impaired gas exchange thereby reducing oxygen saturation level .The Immediate effects of deep breathing with inspiratory hold have different types of benefits like significant decrease of atelectasis area , increase in aerated lung area, facilitates collateral ventilation ultimately improved gas exchange increase the level of oxygen saturation. Method: 33 Healthy elderly subjects above the age of 65 years at Jalgaon city was included for the study . subjects with a history of cardiorespiratory disease, history of central nervous system and a history of peripheral vascular disease were excluded. Experimental study (pre and post) was conducted with a convenient sampling. oxygen saturation was measured using pulse Oxymeter. Then subjects were instructed to perform deep breathing with inspiratory hold (3 seconds) for 5 minutes this was followed by recording of oxygen saturation. Data was analyzed considering 95 % confidence interval and level of significance at 0.05. Results: Oxygen saturation is found to be significantly increased (P=0.00) after performing deep breathing with inspiratory hold. Conclusion: The study concluded that there was a significant improvement in oxygen saturation with deep breathing with inspiratory hold technique in healthy elderly subjects above the age of 65 years.

Deep Breathing with Inspiratory Hold, Oxygen saturation, Pulse oxymeter.

"IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF DEEP BREATHING WITH INSPIRATORY HOLD ON OXYGEN SATURATION IN HEALTHY ELDERLY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 7, page no.f112-f125, July-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2107645.pdf

"IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF DEEP BREATHING WITH INSPIRATORY HOLD ON OXYGEN SATURATION IN HEALTHY ELDERLY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 7, page no. ppf112-f125, July-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2107645.pdf